(Podcast Series) Why I Stay

My work with Radiant/Patheos began at the end of 2021 as an independent contractor on the 9-episode podcast series called "Why I Stay", which was the company's first foray into the podcast space. "Why I Stay" is an interview-style show that sought to understand and give voice to various leaders and people of influence with backgrounds in evangelical Christianity who have decided to stay Christian despite having every reason to leave. My job was to take the raw audio from the remotely recorded interviews (which were usually around an hour long) and edit them down to polished, professional-sounding 30-minute episodes. Each episode includes an intro/outro and intermittent bumper music to break the interview up into different parts. Production wise, this was my first time working on podcasts, so it was all challenging at the beginning, but looking back, the most difficult (and most time-consuming) parts of this series were the editing and mixing processes. It isn't easy to make recordings done with a laptop microphone sound decent, but I did a lot of experimenting and I'm mostly happy with the way the show turned out. I relied heavily on the iZotope RX Suite for this show.